Pep U23s

[Lolmorgan]

He thinks he’s God but millions spent at Man C & still not won the European Cup.Get thi sen to Accrington & let’s see how good you really are.I don’t like Derby C or Mr Rooney but I will give him credit for not walking away & taking the easy option.

[frogmiller]

He thinks he’s God but millions spent at Man C & still not won the European Cup.Get thi sen to Accrington & let’s see how good you really are.I don’t like Derby C or Mr Rooney but I will give him credit for not walking away & taking the easy option.

Here's what Andy Holt the Accrington Stanley chairman said Lol

Andy Holt said: “Stop whining for Christ sake. You have everything at your disposal and it’s still not enough. If these players should be playing L1, LET THEM GO and buy them back when they’ve been trained.”

[Lolmorgan]

Exactly that frog well said Andy Holt.

[frogmiller]

On top of that you will have some clubs that will be forced out of the League to accomidate them. Then there's the question of integrety during cup matches if the parent club is drawn against its parent club.

Will the clubs be allowed 2 teams in the same division?

What if the U23s are in a promotion spot at the back end of a season? Do they throw games or is their finishing position not counted?

If an U23 player is upgraded to the first team is that classed as a transfer?

He can take his tippy tappy shyte and stick it!

[fivetide]

He can take his tippy tappy shyte and stick it!

Devil's advocate on this one - Pep doesn't do tiki taka and all that. His philosophy is possession with purpose. Looking for the forward pass whenever it is on.

As much as it would cause a huge issue for all the reasons listed, he has a point. The younger, England U21 players for example, could well learn more playing against a crafty defender that knows a few tricks of their own and doesn't fall for fancy footwork, or a woody that knows they don't have pace but will give you a battle in the air or really press you simply because they know their positioning.

We see players with pace all the time but not always the end product. Maybe a system like that would help with the game craft.

Can't see it ever happening or working though.

[MillersTime]

Devil's advocate on this one - Pep doesn't do tiki taka and all that. His philosophy is possession with purpose. Looking for the forward pass whenever it is on.

As much as it would cause a huge issue for all the reasons listed, he has a point. The younger, England U21 players for example, could well learn more playing against a crafty defender that knows a few tricks of their own and doesn't fall for fancy footwork, or a woody that knows they don't have pace but will give you a battle in the air or really press you simply because they know their positioning.

We see players with pace all the time but not always the end product. Maybe a system like that would help with the game craft.

Can't see it ever happening or working though.

Then don't hoard players in vast numbers throughout your age groups. Allow them to filter down the system and ply their trade with another team (not an u23 version, an actual football club in an actual community) and then if you think you see a player who could play in your first team then, and only then, go out and buy them for your team. If all these young players weren't hoarded by the few then they would be playing further down the pyramid, thus increasing the quality and their development.

U23 teams have no place in the pyramid. Isn't and never will be up for debate in my own humble opinion. Horrible idea. The game and pyramid is for each and every club and community in the land, not for the richest to hijack and use as training exercises. Hard squad limits, as in increase the squad numbers a touch but anyone who you don't register is free to sign with another side. That's what I'd love to see personally.

[MillerBill]

He thinks he’s God but millions spent at Man C & still not won the European Cup.Get thi sen to Accrington & let’s see how good you really are.I don’t like Derby C or Mr Rooney but I will give him credit for not walking away & taking the easy option.

He's not walked because he would forfeit that very nice contract they offered.Resign and he gets nothing.